Rose POV
Thomas coughed again, and the best I could do was use the edge of his blanket to clean him, the handkerchief soaked through by then. I had just told him my dirty little secret, my shame in my life, the one thing that made me feel less than female.
When I had blackmailed Melody into getting me out of that hellhole, I had never in a million years expected to find my mate. And here he was, dying stubbornly in front of me from cancer. Nix, if there was truly a Goddess out there, was a cruel and merciless b***h.
“Oh.” Was all Thomas could get out. His feature in the soft light of the room were sunken and hollow, the strong jaw and nose gaunt against his sickly skin. I could tell he was a handsome man at one point, looking like the more sever form of Teddy as they called him.
“What’
